Congressman: Who Will Defend the Christians?

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A Child’s Police Mug Shot – In a Muslim-majority country where Christians are presumed to be so marginalized that few would dare to fight injustice, a 14-year-old girl in Pakistan narrowly escaped being sentenced to life in prison after she was framed for desecrating the Koran. Asserting, “Fake allegations should not be leveled against any Muslim or non-Muslim,” an Islamabad High Court judge acquitted Rimsha Masih of the charges on Nov. 20, 2012. Morning Star News reported that Muslim cleric Qari Khalid Chishti, also known as Khalid Jadoon Chishti, and the original complainant of the case, Malik Hammad, had fabricated the case against her. Chishti was later accused of adding burnt pages of the Koran to a bag of ashes that Rimsha had carried. In the attempt to remove a Christian from Pakistani society, her accusers initially had her tired as an adult, and only after a medical examination was her case transferred to a juvenile court, where the penalties are less severe. Her life in Islamabad permanently ruined due to traditional prejudice, Rimsha has been clandestinely relocated in hopes of trying to start a new life.